Napoleon's Rise to Power

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio on August 15,1769. Growing up he lived on the little island of Corsica with his siblings and parents Carlo and Letizia Bounaparte. Napoleon attended a military school in Brienne, France. Napoleon devoted himself to his school and was able to graduate forty-second out of a class of fifty-eight. He then moved on to another military school in Paris, he spent a year’s time there before being assigned to an …

…of the Directory, and then made themselves the new leaders of the government. Napoleon wanted control over everyone and everything, and in his position he was qualified to do this. Napoleon controlled the members of the council of state, government officials, and judges of the courts. At this time Napoleon had supreme power of the land, and would continue ruling for a while longer. This is how Napoleon rose to power during the French Revolution.